People

Principal Investigator: Chenxin Li, PhD


Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University (2025- )
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, University of Georgia (2024-2025)
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Georgia (2021-2024)
PhD. Plant Biology, University of California, Davis (2021)
BSc. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis (2015)


Postdocs

Dr. Haoyang Xin


Postdoctoral Associate, Michigan State University (2021 -)
Ph.D. Tree Genetics & Breeding, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2020
MS Tree Genetics & Breeding, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2016
BSc. Landscape Architechture, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2013


Dr. Sungkyu Park


Postdoctoral Associate, Michigan State University (2026 -)
Postdoctoral Associate, Texas A&M University (2025)
PhD. Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University (2025)
MS. Crop Science, Konkuk University, South Korea (2018)
BSc. Applied Bioscience, Konkuk University, South Korea (2016)


Graduate students

For prospective graduate students, please apply through the MSU Molecular Plant Sciences Program


Technician & staff members

Technician & Lab manager: Yanting Li